ourselves into the very small corners that we find ourselves in, with respect to merely relying upon the u.s. constitution and hoping somehow they are going to get religion or get right and somehow change their minds, versus advancing an event that says, you have ratified these treaties and they are part of our domestic laws, hence you have to do something, and, affirmative action is part of what you have to do, and dealing with hate speak is part of what you have to do, and if it boys maintaining the status quo and continued veneration of whiteness and white supremacy it's problem and our domestic legal system as it stand is much too simplistic to even deal with those concepts, even though it is responsible for creating the complex situation that we find ourselves in today. so, you know, it is not the dis -- that disparities are not important. i think perhaps it will require us to think way outside of the box, in place that's we are not necessarily that comfortable in an attempt to ultimately all achieve the objectives that we seem to be trying to achieve. [applause]. >> let me just simply